AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT vs Intel Core i5-13400F

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i5 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 389.99
$ 142.82
$ 247.17 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8378 points
8423 points
0.54% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8533 points
10881 points
27% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8330 points
8% slightly better multitasking score
7653 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8329 points
11% slightly better heavy workload score
7469 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8585 points
16% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
7348 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

275.17 points
39% slightly higher Blender score
197.47 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9918 points
10863 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1737 points
2293 points
32% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
20% slightly more cores
10

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
49% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
52% significantly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
4.6 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
200% significantly more L2 cache
2 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
220% significantly more L3 cache
20 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

131st of 1,089
129th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
13th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 July
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Ryzen 9 3900XT vs Core i5-13400F benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-13400F performs better than the Ryzen 9 3900XT. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 3900XT in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 3900XT has slightly more cores than the Core i5-13400F. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3900XT has 12 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i5-13400F. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13400F. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 3900XT has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13400F. Also, the Ryzen 9 3900XT has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3900XT has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-13400F. The Ryzen 9 3900XT also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3900XT has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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